Key deals

UK based Ventus Workboats has evolved its market offering to add inland and coastal, offshore medical and logistics to its portfolio and has changed its name to Ventus Marine Services.

A maritime professionals’ union which represents 22,000 seafarers is calling UK government plans to charter in ships to carry vital supplies in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit as unrealistic.

EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) in north Germany has launched its sixth crew transfer vessel and secured a new offshore service supply deal with Hamburg-based Senvion, reports Tom Todd.

An aquaculture vessel being built in China will be the largest ‘ship’ in the World when completed in 2020.

Njord Offshore will be managing a new purpose built 35-metre Service Accommodation and Transfer Vessel on long term charter to Siemens Gamesa for Formosa 1 offshore wind power plant in Taiwan.

UK- headquartered specialist builder of autonomous surface vessels, ASV Global has been acquired by the American company L3 Technologies.

Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with High Speed Transfers (HST) for a second Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 during WindEnergy Hamburg.

BigLift Shipping’s ‘Happy Star’s two heavy lift mast cranes have been upgraded to 1,100mt lifting capacity each at the Huisman Service & Assembly location in Schiedam, the Netherlands.